*overdoses on Harry Potter*
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constanceOver two years ago--let me repeat that, two years--I was part of a top-five community and the world's best top-five list was posted: your top five HP songs, book by book, 25 songs in all, since HBP hadn't been posted yet. I loved, loved the list, but was paralyzed making it; I always have trouble making top five song lists unless I just grit my teeth and make it into an exercise in automatic writing. Which I finally did. In bits and pieces, since a little before this past Christmas as a present for the friend who first posted the list. And since I finally made the CDs and the inserts and posted the package and I CANNOT CHANGE ANYTHING ELSE, and since a couple of people expressed an interest in the soundtracks when I mentioned them the first time around, I thought I'd share. And I can post the songs for download if anyone's interested.
Now that it's done, it doesn't seem like it should have been so hard. But that's what you get for overthinking every single thing.
Top five notes about this soundtrack list:
(1) I feel the need to apologize for overrepresenting certain artists, but I won't.
(2) The lists are far longer than the originally specified 5 songs. This is because I found it impossible to narrow it down that far. In fact, it was really hard to narrow it down as far as I did: one CD per book. What can I say? I associate a lot of songs with HP.
(3) This is a canon-list only. I have a whole nother list for fanon.
(4) I will leave it to you to guess why I associate the songs with the books. Most are pretty obvious, I think, though.
(5) They are not in order by preference, but in vaguely book order.
:::
Harry Potter and the Sorceror's Stone
What’ll We Do With the Baby-O – Kristin Hersh
Every time the baby cries, stick a finger in the baby’s eye. That’s what we’ll do with the baby-o.
Family Tree – Belle and Sebastian
The way they act, I'd rather be fat than be confused, than be me in a cage with a bottle of rage and a family like the mafia.
Shoot Out the Lights – X
And he might laugh but you won't see him as he thunders through the night.
Shout to the Top – The Style Council
I said send me a sign to save my life, 'cause at this moment in time there is nothing certain in these days of mine.
Coming Right Along – The Posies
Shuffle home against the darkness; turn the key and bite your tongue. And please be strong. You don't know it, but you're coming right along.
Happy Birthday – Altered Images
If they were me and I was you, would you have liked a present too?
Measuring Cups – Andrew Bird
When you talk about the hand of glory--a tale that's rather grim and gory--is it just another children's story that's been de-clawed? When the tales of brothers Grimm and Gorey have been outlawed?
The Laws Have Changed – The New Pornographers
Introducing, for the first time, Pharaoh on the microphone. Sing all hail; what'll be revealed today, when we peer into the great unknown?
Painter Song – Norah Jones
If I were a painter and could paint a memory, I’d climb inside the swirling skies to be with you. I’d climb inside the skies to be with you.
I’ll Be Your Mirror – The Velvet Underground and Nico
When you think the night has seen your mind, that inside you’re twisted and unkind, let me stand to show that you are blind. Please put down your hands, ’cos I see you.
The Black Rider – Tom Waits
Lay down in the web of the black spider. I'll drink your blood like wine. So come on in, it ain't no sin. Take off your skin and dance around your bones.
Walk Straight Down the Middle – Kate Bush
He thought he was gonna die, but he didn’t. She thought she could never cope, but she did. We thought it was all over, but it wasn’t. It hadn’t started yet.
Three Is a Magic Number – Blind Melon
The past, the present, the future; faith, and hope, and charity; the heart, the brain, the body, will give you three. It’s a magic number.
Photograph – R.E.M. and Natalie Merchant
I found this photograph, underneath the broken picture glass. Tender face of black and white, beautiful, a haunting sight. Looked into an angel's smile, captivated all the while by the hair and clothes she wore.
Solsbury Hill – Peter Gabriel
Son, he said, grab your things, I’ve come to take you home.
:::
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Memory Lane – Elliott Smith
Isolation pulled you past a tunnel to a bright world where you can make a place to stay, but everybody's scared of this place.
Little Babies – Sleater-Kinney
I know the others treat you rough, and when you know you've had enough, you'll come and see me, 'cos you know I'm always here.
Houdini Blues – Kristin Hersh
Oh no, don't you put me in that box. You know what you can do with those locks. You bet your life I'll come crawling out again.
Little House of Savages – The Walkmen
And somebody’s got a car outside; let's take a ride. Somebody’s waiting for me at home; I should’ve known.
Soap Star Joe – Liz Phair
He's just a hero in a long line of heroes, looking for some lonely billboard to grace. Think about your own head and the headaches he gave.
Roseblood – Mazzy Star
Sometimes I feel dizzy by the slices in her hands, the secrets in her lipstick mouth.
Skipjack – Heavenly
Each way I lose a heart, but somehow I lost the art of playing these stupid games. You're gonna win again and I don't know what to do.
Never Be Mine – Kate Bush
This is where I want to be; this is what I need. This is where I want to be, but I know that this will never be mine.
Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood – Nina Simone
When things go wrong I seem to be bad, but I'm just a soul whose intentions are good. Oh Lord, please don't let me be misunderstood.
Back Stabbers – The O’Jays
What they do, they smile in your face. All the time they want to take your place.
Kiss Off – The Violent Femmes
You can all just kiss off into the air. Behind my back I can see them stare. They’ll hurt me bad but I won’t mind. They’ll hurt me bad; they do it all the time.
I’ll Get Lucky – The Plimsouls
Even though the doors are falling off the hinges, they're still swinging. Even though we're living here in a pressure cooker, at least we're breathing. Even though at times it's strange, I got the feeling that our luck will change.
Tom Violence – Sonic Youth
There’s a thing in my memory holding on for dear life. With a feeling of secrets beating up under my flesh, my tongue is tied. I’m sleeping nights awake. Tom violence is a dream coming out of a girl.
Serpent at the Gates of Wisdom – Robyn Hitchcock
If good and evil need each other, Honey, I'm your man.
Drown – Son Volt
Sky cracks open, walls falling to the floor. Just as well to keep it a guessing game, in store.
:::
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
That Year – Uncle Tupelo
I've seen several better places, several better times; somehow those memories got left behind. Give me back that year, good or bad.
Drive Me Down – Velvet Crush
I’m sorry, but I know how you are.
Blacklisted – Neko Case
To what smooth place at the end of the line with crackling fires and quiet plains do the trees bend down, fold their limbs round you? Welcome home, faithful one. We forgive you.
Rain Dogs – Tom Waits
Oh, how we danced and we swallowed the night, for it was all ripe for dreaming. We've always been out of our minds.
Then You’re Dust – Robyn Hitchcock
Time runs backwards, at the end; you turn into a child again. Then you're dust. Remind yourself, what you once were--an animal without much fur.
Seer’s Tower – Sufjan Stevens
In the tower above the earth, there is a view that reaches far, where we see the universe. I see the fire, I see the end.
Wolves, Lower – R.E.M.
Suspicion yourself, suspicion yourself, don't get caught.
King Midas in Reverse – The Posies
If you could only see me and know exactly who I am, you wouldn't want to be me. Oh I can assure you of that. I'm not the guy to run with.
Feed the Tree - Belly
Big red tree grew up and out, throws up its leaves, spins round and round. I know all this and more. So take your hat off, boy, when you’re talking to me, and be there when I feed the tree.
These Are the Days – Paul Westerberg
He said what’s my name? It ain’t tomorrow--ain’t it yesterday? Now take a look around you if you got the time, and let me introduce some friends of mine.
The House That Dripped Blood – The Mountain Goats
Look through the air-thin walls. Tear up the floorboards; strip the paint. Go over every inch of space with the patience of a saint. Grab your hat; get your coat. The cellar door is an open throat.
Twilight – U2
I look into his eyes. They're closed but I see something. In the shadow boy meets man.
Transcendental Blues – Steve Earle
If I had it my way, everything would change. Out here on this highway the rules are still the same. Back roads never carry you where you want 'em to.
Full Moon in My Heart – Robyn Hitchcock
Stick with me, baby. You'll be glad that I'm the one you found.
Whenever – Beth Orton
You know that I'll always be near. You're flesh and blood and you're my memory, live on in my memory.
:::
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Radio Campaign – M. Ward
Well I been pushed to the edge by my headache blues, and I got pulled by the pull of the tide. I got stripped of my soul standing in my shoes. Come back, come back, my little peace of mind.
Rebellion (Lies) – The Arcade Fire
Sleeping is giving in, no matter what the time is.
Funeral Pyre – The Jam
We feast on flesh and drink on blood, live by fear and despise love in a crisis (what with today’s high prices).
Outdone – Uncle Tupelo
Now there's too many people trying too hard not to be outdone. It's up to you and me whether to pay them any mind.
The Idiot Kings – Soul Coughing
This cool I've been playing I've been playing too long now. My capacities are dwindling 'til they're gone, gone, gone. Baby, can I change my mind?
The Rhythm of the Saints – Paul Simon
If I have weaknesses, don’t let them blind me. Camouflage all I am wary of.
The Swimmer – Sleater-Kinney
They will never understand how washed up you feel on the land.
Close To Me – The Cure
Just try to see in the dark. Just try to make it work.
The Black Angel’s Death Song – The Velvet Underground
The myriad choices of his fate set themselves out upon a plate for him to choose. What had he to lose?
Never Mind – the Replacements
I'm not ready as I'll ever be; I climb the walls, I fall into the sea. I'm not ready as I'll ever be, and I suppose your guess is more or less as bad as mine.
Single File – Elliott Smith
So help yourself to this bitter pill, or somebody else will. You idiot kid, your arm's got a death in it.
I Wanna Destroy You – The Soft Boys
And when I have destroyed you I’ll come picking at your bones, and you won’t have a single atom left to call your own.
Pictures of You – The Cure
There was nothing in the world that I ever wanted more than to feel you deep in my heart.
Powerline – Husker Du
What's this humming in my head? Was it something that someone said? It's connecting us with them, electric wires turned on again.
These Important Years – Husker Du
Nothing changes fast enough. The hurry, worry days make you want to give it up and drift into a haze.
:::
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Morning Calls – Dashboard Confessional
They need for you to be everything that they cannot.
Let Go – Frou Frou
It's all going off without you. Excuse me, too busy, you're writing a tragedy.
Get Out Of My House – Kate Bush
This house is full of madness. This house is full of mistakes.
Unsatisfied – The Replacements
Look me in the eyes and tell me that I’m satisfied. Are you satisfied?
Best Thing – Bob Mould
You just lost the best thing you never had.
Everybody Cares, Everybody Understands – Elliott Smith
Fucking ought to stay the hell away from things you know nothing about.
Skin & Bones – The Sundays
Just one thing I’ve found: we’re just flesh and blood, nothing much more.
All Around The World – The Jam
Well, there should be a youth explosion. But something we can command.
I Want To Tell You – The Beatles
I want to tell you. I feel hung up but I don't know why.
The Wrong Girl – Belle and Sebastian
The wrong hand to be holding. The wrong eyes to go searching behind. The wrong dream to have on my mind.
For What Reason – Death Cab for Cutie
In the end, I win every time as ink remains.
I Apologize – Husker Du
Said I’m sorry, said I’m sorry, said I’m sorry. Now it’s your turn.
Aginst Th’ Law – Billy Bragg and Wilco
Ever'thing's aginst th' law. I'm a low pay daddy singing th' high price blues.
Kids Don’t Follow – The Replacements
Kids won't follow what you're saying. In my face, out my ear.
Climbing Up The Walls – Radiohead
And if you get too far inside, you'll only see my reflection.
Working Against Me – Something for Kate
Your heart is pounding in my head. My mouth seems to be working against me.
Why Would You Wanna Live? – Wilco
Kid, you've paid your dues--dues and dues. Why would you wanna live in this world?
Leave You Behind – Sleater-Kinney
Did you disappear or were you just misplaced?
The Year of Purification – The Manic Street Preachers
The ravaged corner, cold and embittered. Run away - run away as fast as you can from anything that needs discipline.
:::
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Hold My Life – The Replacements
Time for decisions to be made.
The Brilliant Dance – Dashboard Confessional
Well, you'd like to think that you were invincible. Yeah, well, weren't we all once before we felt loss for the first time?
Epicentre – Manic Street Preachers
I'm breaking and I'm shaking - so delete the feeling.
This Devil’s Workday – Modest Mouse
Oh, I am my own damn god.
Red Right Hand – Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
He's a god, he's a man, he's a ghost, he's a guru. They're whispering his name through this disappearing land.
Frenzy – Screamin’ Jay Hawkins
Dig this crazy mood I'm in--listen to my heart as it starts to spin.
Won’t Get Fooled Again – The Who
The banners, they all flown in the last war.
Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic – The Police
Though I’ve tried before to tell her of the feelings I have for her in my heart, every time that I come near her I just lose my nerve, as I’ve done from the start.
Ambiguity Song – Camper Van Beethoven
Some people are gonna benefit and others gotta sacrifice, but everything seems to seems to be up in the air at this time.
Mood to Burn Bridges – Neko Case
Don't make mistakes or be human: they savor your every false move.
Blood on My Hands – The Sundays
On any other day I'd be soul destroyed, but now I can't afford to listen to a word they say.
Run – Snow Patrol
Even if you cannot hear my voice, I'll be right beside you dear. Louder, louder, and we'll run for our lives. I can hardly speak. I understand.
Scorpio Rising – 10,000 Maniacs
Power, dizzy with it, stumble. Detail, a chance for us to quarrel. Anger, my head is shaken, violent.
Learn To Live With What You Are – Ben Folds
There's never gonna be a moment of truth for you while the world is watching. All you need is the thing you forgotten.
Truth No. 2 – The Dixie Chicks
I don't think that I’m afraid anymore. Say that I would rather die trying.
Where I End and You Begin (The Sky Is Falling In) - Radiohead
I will eat you alive. There will be no more lies.
Now that it's done, it doesn't seem like it should have been so hard. But that's what you get for overthinking every single thing.
Top five notes about this soundtrack list:
(1) I feel the need to apologize for overrepresenting certain artists, but I won't.
(2) The lists are far longer than the originally specified 5 songs. This is because I found it impossible to narrow it down that far. In fact, it was really hard to narrow it down as far as I did: one CD per book. What can I say? I associate a lot of songs with HP.
(3) This is a canon-list only. I have a whole nother list for fanon.
(4) I will leave it to you to guess why I associate the songs with the books. Most are pretty obvious, I think, though.
(5) They are not in order by preference, but in vaguely book order.
:::
Harry Potter and the Sorceror's Stone
What’ll We Do With the Baby-O – Kristin Hersh
Every time the baby cries, stick a finger in the baby’s eye. That’s what we’ll do with the baby-o.
Family Tree – Belle and Sebastian
The way they act, I'd rather be fat than be confused, than be me in a cage with a bottle of rage and a family like the mafia.
Shoot Out the Lights – X
And he might laugh but you won't see him as he thunders through the night.
Shout to the Top – The Style Council
I said send me a sign to save my life, 'cause at this moment in time there is nothing certain in these days of mine.
Coming Right Along – The Posies
Shuffle home against the darkness; turn the key and bite your tongue. And please be strong. You don't know it, but you're coming right along.
Happy Birthday – Altered Images
If they were me and I was you, would you have liked a present too?
Measuring Cups – Andrew Bird
When you talk about the hand of glory--a tale that's rather grim and gory--is it just another children's story that's been de-clawed? When the tales of brothers Grimm and Gorey have been outlawed?
The Laws Have Changed – The New Pornographers
Introducing, for the first time, Pharaoh on the microphone. Sing all hail; what'll be revealed today, when we peer into the great unknown?
Painter Song – Norah Jones
If I were a painter and could paint a memory, I’d climb inside the swirling skies to be with you. I’d climb inside the skies to be with you.
I’ll Be Your Mirror – The Velvet Underground and Nico
When you think the night has seen your mind, that inside you’re twisted and unkind, let me stand to show that you are blind. Please put down your hands, ’cos I see you.
The Black Rider – Tom Waits
Lay down in the web of the black spider. I'll drink your blood like wine. So come on in, it ain't no sin. Take off your skin and dance around your bones.
Walk Straight Down the Middle – Kate Bush
He thought he was gonna die, but he didn’t. She thought she could never cope, but she did. We thought it was all over, but it wasn’t. It hadn’t started yet.
Three Is a Magic Number – Blind Melon
The past, the present, the future; faith, and hope, and charity; the heart, the brain, the body, will give you three. It’s a magic number.
Photograph – R.E.M. and Natalie Merchant
I found this photograph, underneath the broken picture glass. Tender face of black and white, beautiful, a haunting sight. Looked into an angel's smile, captivated all the while by the hair and clothes she wore.
Solsbury Hill – Peter Gabriel
Son, he said, grab your things, I’ve come to take you home.
:::
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Memory Lane – Elliott Smith
Isolation pulled you past a tunnel to a bright world where you can make a place to stay, but everybody's scared of this place.
Little Babies – Sleater-Kinney
I know the others treat you rough, and when you know you've had enough, you'll come and see me, 'cos you know I'm always here.
Houdini Blues – Kristin Hersh
Oh no, don't you put me in that box. You know what you can do with those locks. You bet your life I'll come crawling out again.
Little House of Savages – The Walkmen
And somebody’s got a car outside; let's take a ride. Somebody’s waiting for me at home; I should’ve known.
Soap Star Joe – Liz Phair
He's just a hero in a long line of heroes, looking for some lonely billboard to grace. Think about your own head and the headaches he gave.
Roseblood – Mazzy Star
Sometimes I feel dizzy by the slices in her hands, the secrets in her lipstick mouth.
Skipjack – Heavenly
Each way I lose a heart, but somehow I lost the art of playing these stupid games. You're gonna win again and I don't know what to do.
Never Be Mine – Kate Bush
This is where I want to be; this is what I need. This is where I want to be, but I know that this will never be mine.
Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood – Nina Simone
When things go wrong I seem to be bad, but I'm just a soul whose intentions are good. Oh Lord, please don't let me be misunderstood.
Back Stabbers – The O’Jays
What they do, they smile in your face. All the time they want to take your place.
Kiss Off – The Violent Femmes
You can all just kiss off into the air. Behind my back I can see them stare. They’ll hurt me bad but I won’t mind. They’ll hurt me bad; they do it all the time.
I’ll Get Lucky – The Plimsouls
Even though the doors are falling off the hinges, they're still swinging. Even though we're living here in a pressure cooker, at least we're breathing. Even though at times it's strange, I got the feeling that our luck will change.
Tom Violence – Sonic Youth
There’s a thing in my memory holding on for dear life. With a feeling of secrets beating up under my flesh, my tongue is tied. I’m sleeping nights awake. Tom violence is a dream coming out of a girl.
Serpent at the Gates of Wisdom – Robyn Hitchcock
If good and evil need each other, Honey, I'm your man.
Drown – Son Volt
Sky cracks open, walls falling to the floor. Just as well to keep it a guessing game, in store.
:::
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
That Year – Uncle Tupelo
I've seen several better places, several better times; somehow those memories got left behind. Give me back that year, good or bad.
Drive Me Down – Velvet Crush
I’m sorry, but I know how you are.
Blacklisted – Neko Case
To what smooth place at the end of the line with crackling fires and quiet plains do the trees bend down, fold their limbs round you? Welcome home, faithful one. We forgive you.
Rain Dogs – Tom Waits
Oh, how we danced and we swallowed the night, for it was all ripe for dreaming. We've always been out of our minds.
Then You’re Dust – Robyn Hitchcock
Time runs backwards, at the end; you turn into a child again. Then you're dust. Remind yourself, what you once were--an animal without much fur.
Seer’s Tower – Sufjan Stevens
In the tower above the earth, there is a view that reaches far, where we see the universe. I see the fire, I see the end.
Wolves, Lower – R.E.M.
Suspicion yourself, suspicion yourself, don't get caught.
King Midas in Reverse – The Posies
If you could only see me and know exactly who I am, you wouldn't want to be me. Oh I can assure you of that. I'm not the guy to run with.
Feed the Tree - Belly
Big red tree grew up and out, throws up its leaves, spins round and round. I know all this and more. So take your hat off, boy, when you’re talking to me, and be there when I feed the tree.
These Are the Days – Paul Westerberg
He said what’s my name? It ain’t tomorrow--ain’t it yesterday? Now take a look around you if you got the time, and let me introduce some friends of mine.
The House That Dripped Blood – The Mountain Goats
Look through the air-thin walls. Tear up the floorboards; strip the paint. Go over every inch of space with the patience of a saint. Grab your hat; get your coat. The cellar door is an open throat.
Twilight – U2
I look into his eyes. They're closed but I see something. In the shadow boy meets man.
Transcendental Blues – Steve Earle
If I had it my way, everything would change. Out here on this highway the rules are still the same. Back roads never carry you where you want 'em to.
Full Moon in My Heart – Robyn Hitchcock
Stick with me, baby. You'll be glad that I'm the one you found.
Whenever – Beth Orton
You know that I'll always be near. You're flesh and blood and you're my memory, live on in my memory.
:::
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Radio Campaign – M. Ward
Well I been pushed to the edge by my headache blues, and I got pulled by the pull of the tide. I got stripped of my soul standing in my shoes. Come back, come back, my little peace of mind.
Rebellion (Lies) – The Arcade Fire
Sleeping is giving in, no matter what the time is.
Funeral Pyre – The Jam
We feast on flesh and drink on blood, live by fear and despise love in a crisis (what with today’s high prices).
Outdone – Uncle Tupelo
Now there's too many people trying too hard not to be outdone. It's up to you and me whether to pay them any mind.
The Idiot Kings – Soul Coughing
This cool I've been playing I've been playing too long now. My capacities are dwindling 'til they're gone, gone, gone. Baby, can I change my mind?
The Rhythm of the Saints – Paul Simon
If I have weaknesses, don’t let them blind me. Camouflage all I am wary of.
The Swimmer – Sleater-Kinney
They will never understand how washed up you feel on the land.
Close To Me – The Cure
Just try to see in the dark. Just try to make it work.
The Black Angel’s Death Song – The Velvet Underground
The myriad choices of his fate set themselves out upon a plate for him to choose. What had he to lose?
Never Mind – the Replacements
I'm not ready as I'll ever be; I climb the walls, I fall into the sea. I'm not ready as I'll ever be, and I suppose your guess is more or less as bad as mine.
Single File – Elliott Smith
So help yourself to this bitter pill, or somebody else will. You idiot kid, your arm's got a death in it.
I Wanna Destroy You – The Soft Boys
And when I have destroyed you I’ll come picking at your bones, and you won’t have a single atom left to call your own.
Pictures of You – The Cure
There was nothing in the world that I ever wanted more than to feel you deep in my heart.
Powerline – Husker Du
What's this humming in my head? Was it something that someone said? It's connecting us with them, electric wires turned on again.
These Important Years – Husker Du
Nothing changes fast enough. The hurry, worry days make you want to give it up and drift into a haze.
:::
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Morning Calls – Dashboard Confessional
They need for you to be everything that they cannot.
Let Go – Frou Frou
It's all going off without you. Excuse me, too busy, you're writing a tragedy.
Get Out Of My House – Kate Bush
This house is full of madness. This house is full of mistakes.
Unsatisfied – The Replacements
Look me in the eyes and tell me that I’m satisfied. Are you satisfied?
Best Thing – Bob Mould
You just lost the best thing you never had.
Everybody Cares, Everybody Understands – Elliott Smith
Fucking ought to stay the hell away from things you know nothing about.
Skin & Bones – The Sundays
Just one thing I’ve found: we’re just flesh and blood, nothing much more.
All Around The World – The Jam
Well, there should be a youth explosion. But something we can command.
I Want To Tell You – The Beatles
I want to tell you. I feel hung up but I don't know why.
The Wrong Girl – Belle and Sebastian
The wrong hand to be holding. The wrong eyes to go searching behind. The wrong dream to have on my mind.
For What Reason – Death Cab for Cutie
In the end, I win every time as ink remains.
I Apologize – Husker Du
Said I’m sorry, said I’m sorry, said I’m sorry. Now it’s your turn.
Aginst Th’ Law – Billy Bragg and Wilco
Ever'thing's aginst th' law. I'm a low pay daddy singing th' high price blues.
Kids Don’t Follow – The Replacements
Kids won't follow what you're saying. In my face, out my ear.
Climbing Up The Walls – Radiohead
And if you get too far inside, you'll only see my reflection.
Working Against Me – Something for Kate
Your heart is pounding in my head. My mouth seems to be working against me.
Why Would You Wanna Live? – Wilco
Kid, you've paid your dues--dues and dues. Why would you wanna live in this world?
Leave You Behind – Sleater-Kinney
Did you disappear or were you just misplaced?
The Year of Purification – The Manic Street Preachers
The ravaged corner, cold and embittered. Run away - run away as fast as you can from anything that needs discipline.
:::
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Hold My Life – The Replacements
Time for decisions to be made.
The Brilliant Dance – Dashboard Confessional
Well, you'd like to think that you were invincible. Yeah, well, weren't we all once before we felt loss for the first time?
Epicentre – Manic Street Preachers
I'm breaking and I'm shaking - so delete the feeling.
This Devil’s Workday – Modest Mouse
Oh, I am my own damn god.
Red Right Hand – Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
He's a god, he's a man, he's a ghost, he's a guru. They're whispering his name through this disappearing land.
Frenzy – Screamin’ Jay Hawkins
Dig this crazy mood I'm in--listen to my heart as it starts to spin.
Won’t Get Fooled Again – The Who
The banners, they all flown in the last war.
Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic – The Police
Though I’ve tried before to tell her of the feelings I have for her in my heart, every time that I come near her I just lose my nerve, as I’ve done from the start.
Ambiguity Song – Camper Van Beethoven
Some people are gonna benefit and others gotta sacrifice, but everything seems to seems to be up in the air at this time.
Mood to Burn Bridges – Neko Case
Don't make mistakes or be human: they savor your every false move.
Blood on My Hands – The Sundays
On any other day I'd be soul destroyed, but now I can't afford to listen to a word they say.
Run – Snow Patrol
Even if you cannot hear my voice, I'll be right beside you dear. Louder, louder, and we'll run for our lives. I can hardly speak. I understand.
Scorpio Rising – 10,000 Maniacs
Power, dizzy with it, stumble. Detail, a chance for us to quarrel. Anger, my head is shaken, violent.
Learn To Live With What You Are – Ben Folds
There's never gonna be a moment of truth for you while the world is watching. All you need is the thing you forgotten.
Truth No. 2 – The Dixie Chicks
I don't think that I’m afraid anymore. Say that I would rather die trying.
Where I End and You Begin (The Sky Is Falling In) - Radiohead
I will eat you alive. There will be no more lies.
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Date: 2006-02-21 03:42 am (UTC)♥♥♥♥♥♥